Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Traditional 'Trojista' Music	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	03:43
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Halya Carries the Water	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	05:08
Priscilla* Rollins	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Exponians	Yellow Bird	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:25
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Ellen McIlwaine	Isn't That So	Ellen McIlwaine	03:55
David Amram	Greasy Spoon	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:25
Happy Dolls	Bombie	Show Album No. 1	04:06
Loni Gamble	Dance to it	ST	06:33
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Priscilla* Rollins	You Send Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:42
Ursa Major*	Sinner	ST	07:29
David Amram	Old Man and the Children	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:48
Alpha Centauri	Hard Life	ST	06:00
Ellen McIlwaine	Jimmy Jean	We the People	02:56
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Cossack Beyond the Danube	Ukrainian Pops	02:42
Ellen McIlwaine	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:38
Buddy Knox	Rock-a-Billy Walk	ST	02:15
Oscar* McLollie	Chilliwack Valley	Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child	03:07
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	You're Getting Better	Love Serenade	02:30
Nelson* Riddle	Barkerville	British Columbia Suite	02:22
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	I'm Gonna Love You Baby	I'm a Song	02:34
Nelson* Riddle	Valley of the Swans	British Columbia Suite	04:07
Priscilla* Rollins	Feel So Good	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:47
Ellen McIlwaine	Weird of Hermiston	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	05:06
Zambonis*	Cool Shots (Theme Song)	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:17
Cal* Bostic	May I	Introducing...	02:34
Exponians	My Peaceful World	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	05:05
Jonathan Edwards	People Get Ready	Sailboat	03:02
Cal* Bostic	Let Me Love You	Introducing...	03:03
Nelson* Riddle	The Route of the Haidas	British Columbia Suite	03:34
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Twins	War War War	01:54
Sidewinders	Can't You Feel the Fire	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:55
Nelson* Riddle	Government House	British Columbia Suite	02:32
Loni Gamble	Could it be Love	ST	07:05
Aarons And Ackley*	Could Have Had Anything	You And I	02:19
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	I See Your Face Before Me	And I Love Her	02:15
Albert Jones*	You and Your Love	The Facts of Life	03:22
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Ill Wind	And I Love Her	01:51
Loni Gamble	Circles	ST	06:08
Country Mcdonald Joe*	War Widow	War War War	02:04
Aarons And Ackley*	Annalee	ST	02:38
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Unleash the Horses Boys	Ukrainian Pops	02:00
Buddy Knox	Maybelline	ST	01:49
Aarons And Ackley*	Devil Song	ST	03:00
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:55
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Kozak Dance	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:47
Cal* Bostic	Longing for You (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	02:45
Jack Holland	You Don't Have to Love Me	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:13
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Kolomayka	Ukrainian Pops	02:45
Jack Holland	Waco	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:39
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Handzya	Ukrainian Pops	02:20
Jack Holland	There's More to Come	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:30
Ursa Major*	Lay Me Down	ST	04:36
Aarons And Ackley*	Willie Boy	ST	03:02
Mike* Ferro	Soldier In The Rain	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	03:20
Priscilla* Rollins	Goody Goody	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Ernie* Smith	Money Can't Buy Life	Skareggae	02:37
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Green Rye	Ukrainian Pops	03:09
Ellen McIlwaine	Lazarus	Fear Itself	05:46
Doc Holiday*	Canadian State of Mind	Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind	03:37
Alpha Centauri	Earth in Motion	ST	04:59
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Lady's Dream	And I Love Her	01:51
David Amram	Your Smile On My Mind	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:34
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Happy Dolls	Sweet Gypsy Rose	Show Album No. 1	02:32
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	Three Quarter Promenade	Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth	03:09
Ursa Major*	Stage Door Queen	ST	05:25
Oscar* McLollie	Buried Alive	ST	04:12
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Hard Days Night	And I Love Her	02:33
Cal* Bostic	Somewhere My Love	Introducing...	02:35
Ellen McIlwaine	The Letter	Fear Itself	02:10
Cal* Bostic	Let It Be Me	Introducing...	02:44
Sidewinders	Time For Loving	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:24
Albert Jones*	That's the Way You Lost My Love	The Facts of Life	03:56
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна	Ukrainian Pops	03:02
Albert Jones*	Every Little Thing That I Do	The Facts of Life	03:20
Tony McManus	Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:49
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:25
Ellen McIlwaine	We the People	We the People	03:23
Buddy Knox	Long Lonely Nights	ST (mono)	01:42
Zambonis*	Haunted Hockey Rink	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:09
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:55
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	And I Love Her	And I Love Her	02:22
Alpha Centauri	Make it at Rock 'n' Roll	ST	02:29
Ellen McIlwaine	Say a Single Word	Everybody Needs It	03:49
Ellen McIlwaine	Ode to Billy Joe	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:13
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Bukovynian Dance	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	05:02
Priscilla* Rollins	Tell Him that You Love Him	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Ellen McIlwaine	Billy Gene	Fear Itself	03:05
Aarons And Ackley*	L.A.	You And I	02:44
Ellen McIlwaine	Wings of a Horse	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:01
Ellen McIlwaine	Lover's Lane	Ellen McIlwaine	03:02
Jonathan Edwards	Never Together	Sailboat	02:09
Matt* Lucas	The Last Song	Matt Gets Blue	03:25
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Happy Dolls	Drum Solo	Show Album No. 1	05:14
Buddy Knox	C'mon Baby	ST (mono)	02:05
Jack Holland	Get it Behind You Girl	The Eyes of a Dreamer	01:37

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ursa Major* - ST

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

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Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

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Oscar* McLollie - ST

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

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